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Victory, sincerity, charging for the truth.

Endless impulse to aim for the best!

Here comes the popular series.

A coincidental meeting at a social gathering

brings commotion and halt to the love affair of a police officer!

He sees through the one and only truth.

A child in appearance with the I.Q. of an adult.

His name is Detective Conan!

I see. You can't come.

Too bad.

I'm sorry. Some urgent work suddenly came in.

Don't be. It's work so it can't be helped.

That's right.

Tell him not to drink too much, will you?

Because I'm not going to defend him

even if he gets drunk and hassles a young girl that is within his reach.

Okay, I will.

See you then, mom.

What's with that sigh of yours

just when we're about to dig in to delicious food?

Because...

Did you invite Aunty Eri to come?

Well, sort of.

I thought it was something like that.

When you suddenly said, "A fashionable cafe opened, so let's go."

I knew you had an ulterior motive.

Just as I thought.

No kidding.

I thought you were all for it,

saying that if it's delicious and inexpensive, let's go.

It was really tough getting reservations for this restaurant.

It's not all that bad a place,

but I'm sure that some young people use this place for socials and dates.

Huh? Mr. Mouri?

Hello!

Officer Chiba!

Officer Takagi is with you, too!

What's this?

Two men coming together to a restaurant like this to eat?

No!

We've come here for a social gathering!

Idiot! Shoots.

Social gathering? Does Officer Sato know of this?

Well, I'm just here to match the number of people who will be coming.

Rather, Officer Chiba dragged me over here.

Right? Isn't it?

Yeah.

Even thought that's true, when you say it that way

it sounds like you're lying.

So please don't tell Officer Sato about this.

"Love Story at Headquarters 7 (Part 1)"

Okay, here goes. Another toast!

Chiba, you're late!

The girls are all here from sometime ago and have all started already.

I'm sorry.

Let me introduce you

to my friend from my junior high school days,

the leader of this social gathering, Emoto.

How do you do?

And he is?

This is Detective Mouri. I ran into him coincidentally.

I know!

The Sleeping Kogoro, right?

Hello.

And he's your friend, or rather...

Yeah, my colleague.

Nice to meet you, I'm Officer Takagi.

Not really sharp, but I guess it's better than nothing.

He may have a foul mouth, but he's a good guy inside.

Is that so...

You're lucky today, Chiba.

There are two cute girls among the girls who are here today.

I'm happy for you.

Is one of them your older sister who may be coming today?

No.

I was told that one of them is an old friend of my big sister

and the other one is the best friend of her friend.

They both seem to be working for the police force.

-Police force? -Police force?

Come to think of it,

you used to say that you wanted to be a police officer before.

What are you doing now?

I'm a police detective, a detective!

Which means that dorky one there is also a cop?

Yeah, right.

Then, you guys may have met

those mini skirt police women somewhere.

Mini skirt?

Are you sure those two really worked for the police force?

Yeah, this isn't TV.

Who cares because we can't really dress fashionably during work hours!

-Yumi? -Yumi?

Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba! What are you guys doing here?

Shoots. So you guys know each other after all.

Which means that...

The other woman is...

Yumi!

Hurry and come back.

I can't handle those guys alone.

Officer Sato,

what brings you here?

Officer Takagi? Officer Chiba, too?

And why are you guys here?

The atmosphere doesn't look too good, does it?

It's starting to get interesting.

Hey, Pops.

So with a moment's delay, I charged for the culprit like this...

And attacked his joints like this.

Please let me be the culprit next.

Just as expected of Officer Sato, she's caught the hearts of all the men.

More than that, the problem is that man.

You also solved the trick to the case the other day too, didn't you?

Tell us about it, tell us about it.

It was so easy that I forgot how I did it.

Don't be mean.

I guess I'll start heading home.

Hey, hey. What're you talking about?

This kind of time off doesn't come everyday, you know.

But I'm worried about Kouta who is staying home alone, too.

Is he your younger brother?

No. He's my cousin who's going to be five years old.

His parents are both on a business trip abroad,

so he's staying at our home for now.

He'll be fine.

You fixed his dinner before we came, didn't you?

Let's go all out today.

I've got work to do, too.

Why don't we forget about work just for today?

Your body occasionally needs time off, too.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Officer Takagi!

I'm sorry.

No.

I really ought to be going home.

Because something strange happened just the other day.

Something strange?

Things to do with Kouta.

Like the Masked Yaiba battle card.

A battle card?

Yeah. One day, he brought his friends over and showed off his card,

saying it was a really rare card that I've never seen before.

He was saying that a kind man gave it to him.

He seems to have been a bearded man with long bangs,

who dropped his wallet right in front of Kouta.

When Kouta picked it up for him, Kouta was given that card in thanks.

Moreover, that man took Kouta to his residence and served him cake,

then asked him a lot of questions.

What was he asked?

According to Kouta,

that man is a fortune teller

and asked about the interior of the rooms of our house.

For example, about the position of the bed,

or what kinds of things there are at the entrance,

as well as the birthdays of my younger brother and I.

He also asked where the mails that are delivered are left.

Mails?

Kouta told him that I leave my mail in a box inside the closet

and that Masashi leaves his on his desk without putting them away.

He told Masashi that it is in a very good position so to leave it as is.

Was there anything important among the mails?

No, not as far as I know.

I have no idea either.

On top of that, it seems that the guy is a friend of mine, too.

Friend?

Maybe he's planning something to surprise me on my birthday.

How did you find out that he is your friend?

Kouta said there was a phone call while he was eating the cake.

The man happened to be in the bathroom, so the machine picked up.

Kouta says that the voice he heard was my voice,

so there's no doubt about it.

Then do you have any idea who he is?

Well...

I called here and there to gather members for this social gathering.

But I'm sure it's one of them.

The man who heard the message rushed Kouta back home.

The guy probably panicked thinking that I would find out about him.

What was the message about?

Well, it was nothing really.

Just that my sister and I are having social gathering here today.

What was that?

Which means that the man knows that only the boy is at home tonight?

Please call him right away.

I tried several times but there's no answer,

so I figured I should head on home.

Yes, I think we should go check.

Yumi!

She's wasted.

Chiba!

Dad.

What is it?

Kouta!

Kouta!

You're taking it too seriously.

The door was locked, too.

That man was just asking about furniture placement and birthdays, right?

He could be a Feng Shui fortune teller or something.

That's what the problem is.

There are still many people who use their birthdays to unlock their safes,

so that they won't forget it.

Right.

If he knows the position of the furniture beforehand,

it would be easier to find the safe.

Or it could be that he used the mails and postcards

as a hint to figure out the numbers to unlock the safe.

And if the culprit cannot find what he is after,

the next action he would take is...

Officer!

Please come!

Look at this.

"I have the boy who is your cousin! Prepare 1,000,000 yen!"

"I will contact you later! Blab to the police and I'll kill him!"

-This is... -This is...

A kidnapping.

I have the boy. Don't call the police.

You're cops, aren't you?

That's true.

Well, I guess it's saving us needless energy.

At any rate, let's get support from headquarters.

No.

The culprit came in here and took Kouta away.

He could still be nearby checking things out.

If any more cops stampede in here, it would be too conspicuous.

Don't use cell phones either because the waves are easily picked up.

Contacting the police will only be after we confirm

that there are no wiretaps or the like.

That's the basics!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I got carried away.

No, don't be.

The culprit met Kouta once,

and is probably Mr. Emoto's friend, right?

Yeah.

Then, if you tell Pops about the details back then,

he might be able to figure out who the culprit is.

Well, I guess so.

If I remember correctly, it was Saturday a week ago, wasn't it?

Yes.

Kouta was out playing that day and came home a little after 8pm.

8pm?

That's pretty late, isn't it?

Yes. I was worried and thought of contacting the police.

But he came home looking fine and said,

"I'm sorry. I'll never do it again so don't tell my parents."

So I didn't scold him much.

But I had no idea that he was meeting someone so dangerous.

He probably dropped his wallet on purpose and made Kouta pick it up.

He then took Kouta to his house.

It was then that I happened to leave my message in his answer phone,

saying that we'll be holding social gathering

inviting my big sister and her friends.

I see.

It seems certain that the kidnapper is a friend of Masashi.

He probably asked Kouta about the position of the furniture in the house

and broke into the house tonight when both of you weren't home.

Do you have any safe in this house?

We have nothing fancy like a safe.

We also carry around our bank books and bank cards,

so we really have nothing here that is worth stealing. Right?

Yeah.

In other words, the culprit came into the house,

but didn't find anything worth stealing.

So he kidnapped Kouta instead.

And of the people that you invited to the social gathering,

do you know who couldn't make it tonight?

Yeah, there are three.

The first is Takuji Rokuda, a friend of mine since my childhood days.

The second is an under classman in my high school days called Hikiya.

And the third is a man who patronizes the gym that I work for, Mr. Satsuka.

All three of them are not bad people.

I can't imagine them kidnapping anyone.

Do you remember what time you called those three people?

I called Rokuda a little after noon.

I called Hikiya in the evening.

And Mr. Satsuka at around 7pm.

All three of them were called during the time that Kouta was out.

That is before noon to 8:00 at night.

There's one thing that bothers me though.

If the culprit made such complex preparations,

I'd figure he'd steal something deemed valuable.

True. If he wanted to kidnap Kouta, he could've done so two weeks ago.

That man was concerned about your mail, wasn't he?

Did you have any important mails or documents?

Nothing really that I know of.

Post card!

That's right! It's the New Year's special prize post card!

I'm sure the first prize for this year was a trip to Hawaii.

If he sells it at a ticket cash exchange shop,

it would add up to quite a sum.

He probably took down the names

and the post card numbers of the people he sent post cards out to and...

Here. These are the New Year's cards that came from those three.

They all won no prize though.

Are you sure?

Yes. Because I checked all the post cards we received.

Right.

Because unlike me, she's all into prizes and lotteries.

Talk for yourself. You go around collecting game cards just like a kid.

Collect cards?

Just like Kouta, I used to collect Masked Yaiba cards since I was a kid,

and still do even now.

I see.

That's why he knew that the card Kouta received was a rare card.

Well, if you suspect my friends,

1why don't we go over to their house?

All three of them should be home because they cancelled the gathering

saying they had something to do at home today.

Good idea. Since they're all suspects, let's go and check.

But what if he finds out that you're police officers?

We're going to act as if we stopped by on our way back from the gathering,

and we'll keep that we came here a secret.

And if the culprit makes any false moves, we'll nab him on the spot.

If the person's not home, he's the culprit.

I'm sure that Detective Mouri's face is already known,

so please wait here for contact from the culprit together with Aya and Ran.

Okay.

What about Conan?

Yes, I'll take him with me.

Because he notices a lot of things,

and I'm sure he'll throw the culprit off his guard.

Here it is!

Room 203.

Is this the first time you've come here?

Yeah, it's the first time to come all the way to his room.

Who is it?

It's me, Emoto.

I dropped by on my way back from the social gathering.

May I talk with you for a minute?

What is it at a time like this?

Sorry, sorry.

I talked about you at the social gathering and these two...

"Takuji Rokuda (26)" -You guys wanted to see me. Why?

Well, we also play in a band!

But recently his lyrics don't match my melody.

I want to hear your songs.

This is Conan. Nice to meet you!

Is he your son?

He's my younger brother!

You're pretty good.

Yeah.

By the way, what are all these lottery tickets?

They're the year-end lottery tickets that I sent to you.

You'd better check them out good.

It's okay. I'll bet none of them are winning tickets anyway.

If you have money to buy so many lottery tickets,

why don't you get yourself a better room?

Maybe there's something good in that bulging mailbox of yours.

Yeah.

Amazing, amazing!

It looks a lot like Chiba's room.

I always wanted to be a model, so this is fantastic!

"Kadonari Hikiya (25)"

How flattering to be complimented by a beauty character like you.

So she's only a character to you.

I should've gone to the social gathering, too.

That's why I invited you quite persistently.

By the way, what was inside the limited edition event pack

of Masked Yaiba cards you asked me to buy and send you?

All of them were worth nothing.

How about you?

Me, too.

The super rare Potato Queen platinum card wasn't inside.

What's the limited edition event pack?

It was a one day thing where you could only buy two packs.

It's rumoured that among the seven cards inside,

a super rare card that is no longer sold may be included.

The price for those can go over almost 800,000 yen on internet auctions.

-800,000 yen? -800,000 yen?

Well, cards and figurines are good, too.

But, Hikiya, I'd advise you to look at real women occasionally.

Amazing, amazing!

I always admired old-time money so much.

I'm so overwhelmed.

But it's sort of obvious that you're acting it out.

"Yoshikane Satsuka (31)"

Which means you have some things like these, too?

No, nothing much.

Just stuff like a 10,000 yen Taishi bill

that have the end numbers 385 (Miwako) which is a homonym of my name.

Well, you should keep that safe without spending it.

Although it has no special value.

I thought so.

Something of value is here, take a look.

Fantastic!

The numbers are all matched.

You keep buying those rare bills despite going into debt,

that's why your wife runs out on you.

Sorry about last time.

I sent the 30,000 yen that I borrowed from you with the docs.

Did you get it?

Yeah, I did.

More importantly, you should start eating properly

and come to our gym again.

You looked like you have lost a lot of weight.

I suppose so.

So? There are no suspicious ones among them, are they?

Well, there was no man with long hair and a beard.

I'm sure the man was disguised to hide his face from Kouta.

You still suspect them? Give me a break.

Kouta was nowhere in the room of the three, was he?

Maybe the voice on the answer phone was of somebody who sounded like me?

It's from my sister.

Don't tell me the culprit contacted her.

Lend me your phone!

Hello, what's up?

No, nothing yet.

But something that Kouta was saying bothers me.

What is it?

Something about the characteristics of the culprit?

No. It's just that when he ate cake at that person's house,

a baseball game seems to have been playing on TV.

He said...

It was a super boring game.

Super boring game?

Baseball games playing this season

are either high school baseball games

or the opening games for professional baseball!

Let's have investigators watch the houses of the three,

while we check on the baseball games that were played that day.

Maybe we'll be able to grab clues of the suspect.

Hey!

Do you have to go as far as to make investigators watch them?

It could be that somebody is really just playing a prank.

Kouta could even come home.

How can you be so carefree?

A child's been kidnapped!

Abducted!

It's nothing close to a prank!

Yeah, I guess so.

Next Conan's Hint:

"A complete game"

Do you often go to social gathering, Officer Sato?

-What's with you, at a time like this? -Well...